4 Signs the Backlash Against Justin Bieber Has Begun

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Was Late for a Show

If you've been on the Internet in the past few days, you've probably heard about the fact that Beibz was a whole two hours late to his own show in London -- a crime that's bad enough to make even his most die-hard fans say, "We were all fans and now we hate him."

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"I hate this 19-year-old boy." -- The grown-up in this picture.

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Took Off His Shirt

After some pictures of Bieber "parading around London shirtless" appeared online, websites and the actress Olivia Wilde were both quick to give him shit about it, the latter saying, "put your fucking shirt on." No, we're not going to show you pictures of a shirtless 19-year-old boy. You can Google that yourself.

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Has Crazy Fans

We're not gonna mince words here: "Beliebers" are really fucking annoying. But you have to look at them in the proper context. Bieber appeals primarily to teen and preteen girls -- two groups that are drawn to pop idols like moths to a vacuum cleaner. Bieber's been carefully modeled by really smart marketing executives to be that vacuum cleaner. And he's definitely not the first model.

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For example, Beliebers are nothing compared to what these guys inspired.

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Had His "Worst Birthday"

Justin Bieber's 19th birthday was on March 1. That's a piece of knowledge that's in our heads now, and you know why? Because the Internet just would not shut up about it. It was pretty much the biggest story in the world at the beginning of March, and if you didn't do your homework, you may not have realized that the whole thing came down to two words in a single tweet: "worst birthday."

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"I blew the candles out with my tears."

That's it. That's the whole story: A 19-year-old kid thought that his birthday was the worst one of all the birthdays just long enough to type it up on his phone. Then he got over it. We looked into what pissed him off, but it turns out it was something stupid and we don't care.

Here's the point: The kid's a plastic-mold pop star, which means his career has had an expiration date stamped on it since day one. This whole Justin Bieber thing is gonna run its course, and once it's over, hopefully the guy will have a nice life. If you don't like his music, that's really all there is to say.

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Stay away from heroin and go easy on the plastic surgery, 'kay?

J. F. Sargent is a workshop moderator for Cracked who has all the social media bases covered. Twitter? Check. Tumblr? On it. Facebook? You fucking know it.